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toyota had failed to alert u.s. regulators even though the automaker was already busy addressing the sticky pedestrian tall problem in other countries and canada for about three months. he spoke about the disconnect between the u.s. and other countries a week ago at the inauguration of toyota's committee for global quality. >> because we are not perfect, we didn't share the experience we had in europe. we didn't know about it in north american. that's where we are putting these processes in place. we are looking for weak points, where we need to improve. that's why i believe the six points that toyoda has put upon us, his direction, is going to make us a stronger and better company. we have never said we were perfect. >> there is a broad effort to make sure that both companies in japan, in the u.s., those in europe are really talking together. if you have a problem in one group of cars, the chances are you may have a similar problem in another group. cnn did try to reach the author of the e-mail. the e-mail in the p
toyota had failed to alert u.s. regulators even though the automaker was already busy addressing the sticky pedestrian tall problem in other countries and canada for about three months. he spoke about the disconnect between the u.s. and other countries a week ago at the inauguration of toyota's committee for global quality. >> because we are not perfect, we didn't share the experience we had in europe. we didn't know about it in north american. that's where we are putting these processes...
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toyota says we understand the concerns there. we have publicly acknowledged on several kashgs that the company did a poor job of communicates during the period proceeding our recalls. we have taken a number of important steps to improve our communications. they say they're improving their communities and responsibility pentagon as quick as possibly to consumer concerns. this e-mail is going to get a lot of attention from americans who believe that toyota has been way too slow and knew way too early about what was going on with its gas pedals and this that it should have done something sooner. that's the latest. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the unrest in kyrgztan. >> virginia's governor says he made a mistake? what he's saying approximate the history month prom mags. plus. >> we miss you, we love you. please come home. your children miss you. >> police say the security camera video shows that that man in their investigation is not telling the truth. we're going to talk with a police officer who helped break this case. you're wat
toyota says we understand the concerns there. we have publicly acknowledged on several kashgs that the company did a poor job of communicates during the period proceeding our recalls. we have taken a number of important steps to improve our communications. they say they're improving their communities and responsibility pentagon as quick as possibly to consumer concerns. this e-mail is going to get a lot of attention from americans who believe that toyota has been way too slow and knew way too...
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toyota has a new public relations nightmare. in the wake of the recall of more than 8 million vehicles there is new evidence the company dragged its feet before addressing the problems. senior correspondent brian wilson reports. >> reporter: irve miller was a toyota public affairs vice president, 30-year president of the company a few days short of retirement when he wrote an e-mail to japanese counterpart on january 16 of this year. i hate to break this to you but we have a tendency for mechanical failure and accelerator pedals for a certain manufacturer on certain models. we are not protecting our customers by keeping this quiet. the time to hide on this one is over. we need to come clean. noting they were about to meet with the officials from the highway safety administration miller added we hope they can get ntsa to work with us in a workable solution that doesn't put us out of business. it was discussed with several japanese executives and say the pedal issue shouldn't mention because it might "raise uneasiness of customers
toyota has a new public relations nightmare. in the wake of the recall of more than 8 million vehicles there is new evidence the company dragged its feet before addressing the problems. senior correspondent brian wilson reports. >> reporter: irve miller was a toyota public affairs vice president, 30-year president of the company a few days short of retirement when he wrote an e-mail to japanese counterpart on january 16 of this year. i hate to break this to you but we have a tendency for...
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an internal e-mail from a toyota pr executive urges colleagues to, in his words, come clean. about accelerator problems in the vehicles. he did so five days before the company announced a massive recall back in january. that e-mail was obtained by the associated press. irv miller is the executive who sent it and he since retired. in the note miller said he hoped toyota would not be put out of business while finding a solution to the accelerator problems. >>> a megger airline merger could be in the works. the associated press is reporting that united airlines and us airways are in talks about combining their operations. if that merger happens, the company would become the second biggest airline behind delta which merged with northwest back in 2008. the a.p. reports the combined company could cut its costs and compete better with delta. >>> new this morning, the international space station has a new walk-in closet. while you were sleeping, astronauts lifted the 13-ton cargo carrier from "discovery" and attached it to the space station. in the next few days they will unload a ne
an internal e-mail from a toyota pr executive urges colleagues to, in his words, come clean. about accelerator problems in the vehicles. he did so five days before the company announced a massive recall back in january. that e-mail was obtained by the associated press. irv miller is the executive who sent it and he since retired. in the note miller said he hoped toyota would not be put out of business while finding a solution to the accelerator problems. >>> a megger airline merger...
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toyota has declined to comment. the automaker has recalled more than 6 million vehicles in the u.s. >>> well, here is a look at the thursday forecast. there will be rain along the coast in the pacific northwest and snow in the mountains of montana and idaho. showers and thunderstorms are possible from the gulf coast to the northeast. >> the east coast will see another warm day before a big cool-off by tomorrow. the midwest will be a little cooler than usual with minneapolis and fargo in the 50s. southwest is sunny and seasonable with phoenix and l.a. in the 80s. >>> the french spider-man is back doing what he does best. climbing tall buildings and being arrested. elaine robert returned to his home in paris where he scaled a 607-foot office building. police were of course waiting for him at the top. >> as they often are. robert has climbed nearly 100 buildings around the world including the empire state building and the eiffel tower. the big thrill for robert. but not for property managers or the police. i think they
toyota has declined to comment. the automaker has recalled more than 6 million vehicles in the u.s. >>> well, here is a look at the thursday forecast. there will be rain along the coast in the pacific northwest and snow in the mountains of montana and idaho. showers and thunderstorms are possible from the gulf coast to the northeast. >> the east coast will see another warm day before a big cool-off by tomorrow. the midwest will be a little cooler than usual with minneapolis and...
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a japanese executive was urging toyota executives to keep quiet. and that prompted an american toyota spokesman to pipe up, basically, to e-mail and say, hey, we need to come clean about these safety problems, not keep it under wraps. the time to hide on this is over. two weeks later, he wasn't working at toyota any more. >> wow! >> he resigned. of course they're saying, well, that was already planned. okay. but the e-mail again just five days before that massive recall, and this was obtained by the "l.a. times." toyota has no comment on the e-mail but repeated that they know they did a poor job of communicating and they have taken steps to better communicate in the future. >> yeah. hmm. this is our comment, hmm, okay. jen, thank you. >>> so rafer is there live at the masters. i don't know if we have a nice shot still. do we still have him up? it looked nice out there. the greens, look how pretty, right? but there's a storm coming! is it going to hit them? >> yeah, it is going to hit them. not this morning, though. all the morning tee times look pr
a japanese executive was urging toyota executives to keep quiet. and that prompted an american toyota spokesman to pipe up, basically, to e-mail and say, hey, we need to come clean about these safety problems, not keep it under wraps. the time to hide on this is over. two weeks later, he wasn't working at toyota any more. >> wow! >> he resigned. of course they're saying, well, that was already planned. okay. but the e-mail again just five days before that massive recall, and this...
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what does toyota have to say about it? >> well, they don't specifically respond to the document but they do say this, we have publicly acknowledged on several occasions that the company did a poor job of communicating during the period preceding our recent recall. so they are, again, admitting they have been less than forthcoming about some of this information. toyota has also been bragging in recent commercials about how well its cars are selling, but they failed to mention, jane, that to get those sales, the company has been selling cars at a huge discount, and offering major sales incentives such as zero prosecutors financing. i want to mention one other thing, irv miller, the man who wrote this document is no longer with toyota, he recently retired. jane: brian wilson in d.c. will bring us more as he gets it. thanks brian. >> you bet. jon: the u.s. and russia, reaching an agreement today on cutting nuclear weapons, and apparently they see eye to eye on the nuclear threat posed by iran. this agreement just today puts ad
what does toyota have to say about it? >> well, they don't specifically respond to the document but they do say this, we have publicly acknowledged on several occasions that the company did a poor job of communicating during the period preceding our recent recall. so they are, again, admitting they have been less than forthcoming about some of this information. toyota has also been bragging in recent commercials about how well its cars are selling, but they failed to mention, jane, that...
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what is toyota saying? >> reporter: they are not commenting exactly on the memo but they did release a statement which reads, quote, we have publicly acknowledged on several occasions that the company did a poor job of communicating during the period preceding our recent recalls. i spoke to one lawyer involved in toyota litigation. he believes the document is immensely important, especially to the class action suits pending around the country. i should mention toyota has been bragging in recent commercials about how well its cars are selling, failing to mention to get those sales the company has been selling cars at huge discounts and offering iewfer inventives. megyn: when you are in the midst of one of these litigations they have tons of boxes and they read through document after document. and you come across a document like that, you run into your boss' office. >> reporter: you say here it is. >> then you write a big fat settlement demand to the other side. brian wilson, thank you so much. the gloves are
what is toyota saying? >> reporter: they are not commenting exactly on the memo but they did release a statement which reads, quote, we have publicly acknowledged on several occasions that the company did a poor job of communicating during the period preceding our recent recalls. i spoke to one lawyer involved in toyota litigation. he believes the document is immensely important, especially to the class action suits pending around the country. i should mention toyota has been bragging in...
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morneau on the safety of toyota from a newly released company -- more now on the safety of toyota from a newly released company mail. toyota executives debated when they should inform the public about safety problems with accelerator pedals, prompting irv miller, toyotas than group vice president for internal public affairs to warn in an e- mail that "we are not protecting our customers by keeping this quiet. the time to hide on this one is over. we need to come clean." the e-mail was sent on january 16 of this year. the financial crisis increase appears to be getting worse. its borrowing costs have jumped, stock market is down, and there is talk of either a default or an expensive bailout. asian and european markets were down more than 1% on the news. meanwhile, treasury secretary timothy geithner currently in beijing has concluded a meeting with the vice premier on economic ties. he did not say whether the two sides discuss currency. he had been expected to press washington's case for beijing to use exchange-rate controls that critics say destroyed -- and distort trade. and finally,
morneau on the safety of toyota from a newly released company -- more now on the safety of toyota from a newly released company mail. toyota executives debated when they should inform the public about safety problems with accelerator pedals, prompting irv miller, toyotas than group vice president for internal public affairs to warn in an e- mail that "we are not protecting our customers by keeping this quiet. the time to hide on this one is over. we need to come clean." the e-mail was...
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. >>> well, there is new evidence this morning that toyota executives knew all about the accelerator problems with their vehicles and did nothing. it's an e-mail sent by a now retired toyota vice president before the big recall in january quoting now, we need to come clean, the time to hide on this one is over. we're not protecting our customers by keeping this quiet. of course we'll continue to follow that story for you. but now let's check out the weather this morning with dave price. boy, it was beautiful in many parts yesterday. some record breakers, too. >> did >>> 17 past the hour. that's our first look at your weather picture. guys? >> the whole city felt like a barbeque yesterday. >> i love it. bring on the sweat. >>> still ahead this morning, tiger woods back on tour for the first time in five months. we'll take you live it auguto a gusz take. >> also signs that the record low mortgage rates are over. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. [ male announcer ] as long as we're winding up our doing dials, let's wind 'em with precision. open our throttle to even more selection
. >>> well, there is new evidence this morning that toyota executives knew all about the accelerator problems with their vehicles and did nothing. it's an e-mail sent by a now retired toyota vice president before the big recall in january quoting now, we need to come clean, the time to hide on this one is over. we're not protecting our customers by keeping this quiet. of course we'll continue to follow that story for you. but now let's check out the weather this morning with dave...
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you can't count on the church or corporations like toyota that will put profits over people. the church will protect priests over children. our government is broken. >> you want to talk about that, too? >> lighting a match and setting it on gasoline is not the thing to do, pat. terribly responsible. we have death threats going on to members of congress. >> and taking control of everything -- >> governor mcdonnell says in his defense as a boost to his state, he was going to boost tourism by having confederate history month, would any african-americaning go to virginia to celebrate confederate history or just white people? >> i will answer the question. i think many african-americans, asians, hispanics and white americans. would you go as a white american, would you go celebrate the confederacy? sn>> i find that history very interesting and fascinating. >> would you celebrate because of the confederacy? of course not. >> there have been reenactments. >> my sons have been in reenactments. karen, are you angry about pat's position? >> of course. >> i'm not angry about her. >> the
you can't count on the church or corporations like toyota that will put profits over people. the church will protect priests over children. our government is broken. >> you want to talk about that, too? >> lighting a match and setting it on gasoline is not the thing to do, pat. terribly responsible. we have death threats going on to members of congress. >> and taking control of everything -- >> governor mcdonnell says in his defense as a boost to his state, he was going...
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five days later, toyota recalled millions of vehicles with gas pedal problems. the executive later retired. >>> two big airlines, united and us airways are in merger talks this morning. cnbc's trish regan joins us with more. why the talks and why now? >> natalie, good morning. it is a very tough business model these days, the airline industry. the hope is that these two major airlines, if they were to combine, then they would be able to better compete in the global marketplace. specifically with delta northwest which of course merged. so it is kind of a hope that they would have that edge that they would gain from being such a big operation. but natalie, they've been down this road before in 2008. they tried to merge with continental. both of them did. they got a lot of opposition from the unions. once again that's going to be in the cards here. they'll have to get the unions on-board. >> trish regan at the new york stock exchange, thank you. >>> police in afghanistan say they have arrested five would-be suicide bombers. it was the biggest suicide team ever caug
five days later, toyota recalled millions of vehicles with gas pedal problems. the executive later retired. >>> two big airlines, united and us airways are in merger talks this morning. cnbc's trish regan joins us with more. why the talks and why now? >> natalie, good morning. it is a very tough business model these days, the airline industry. the hope is that these two major airlines, if they were to combine, then they would be able to better compete in the global marketplace....
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that they should have been like toyota workers. these people during another day and time would have been union workers. instead of saying we won benefits like the four cells, they said these benefits destroy the company. that made gm not competitive. somehow i think the unions need to reintroduce themselves. most people know nothing about them. their range for good benefits and health care, and they resent that to because they're paying for it and we're not giving anything to them. somehow, you have to bring in the old history. their idea of a union worker is someone on an assembly line, a white guy and his 50s. you must make it relevant to young people from a lot of different places. you need to be on facebook, with twitter. the need to make the democrats look like they are respecting neyou. if you listen to the johnson tapes, is always speaking with someone -- he does not do anything without checking with the unions. when was the last time barack obama spoke to union? have not front? he has to appear at union functions and they h
that they should have been like toyota workers. these people during another day and time would have been union workers. instead of saying we won benefits like the four cells, they said these benefits destroy the company. that made gm not competitive. somehow i think the unions need to reintroduce themselves. most people know nothing about them. their range for good benefits and health care, and they resent that to because they're paying for it and we're not giving anything to them. somehow, you...
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automakers were down with toyota and honda both dropping nearly 2% while mazda plummeted over 4%. electronics faired no better with bellwether sony dropping over 4%. core machinery orders fell more than 5% in february. it came as a negative sprees as the market forecast had been for growth. real estate shares were sluggish. data shows that the office vacancy rate in central tokyo hit a record high of 8.75% in march. bucking the trend was fuji electric holdings. shares rose to a year-to-date high after nikkei reported that large scale tests of next generation smart gifts grids involving some 5,000 households are set to begin this fiscal year. that's all from tokyo, the nikkei business report. back to you, christine. >> thank you very much for that. nicole, i bet there's an interesting story coming up after this. >> there's one that happens at 1:42 p.m. eastern time. i bet you know, actually, christine. tiger woods, yes, returns to professional golf, teeing off at the masters. we're going to go live to augusta. >>> tiger, i am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion. i w
automakers were down with toyota and honda both dropping nearly 2% while mazda plummeted over 4%. electronics faired no better with bellwether sony dropping over 4%. core machinery orders fell more than 5% in february. it came as a negative sprees as the market forecast had been for growth. real estate shares were sluggish. data shows that the office vacancy rate in central tokyo hit a record high of 8.75% in march. bucking the trend was fuji electric holdings. shares rose to a year-to-date...